Liverpool vs Everton(3-1): Incomplete joy!

(Baonghean.vn)- The Merseyside Derby is always hot and dramatic, and the 228th "civil war" is no exception. The spice of victory belongs to the Anfield team, but Mane's injury has made their joy incomplete.

Before the match, Everton manager Ronald Koeman said boldly: "We are facing the opportunity to change history. It has been too long since Everton won at Anfield. But this time, we are here to get 3 points."

The Merseyside derby is always dramatic and fierce.

That challenge has made many people believe in the blue team. However, those who know about their poor away record will understand that it is just one of the ways he "inspires" his students. Because, everyone knows that Anfield is always a dangerous place for opponents, especially when the history of the Merseyside derby has always supported the army of coach Juergen Klopp.

Yes, Anfield is a place where Everton “goes strong, comes back weak”. History has shown that in the past 17 years, Everton has never won at Anfield, in any arena. In fact, in two of the last three matches, Everton was crushed 4-0.

That made the 228th Merseyside derby even more tense and fierce right after the opening whistle. Coach Juergen Klopp seemed quite worried when mainstay Adam Lallana could not participate due to injury. Meanwhile, Everton were also quite hesitant when they did not have the services of Schneiderlin and Coleman. Therefore, coach Koeman decided to follow Chelsea when deploying the 3-4-3 formation. But the 3-center-back formation made them even more clearly reveal the inherent weakness of the defense when playing away.

It can be said that coach Juergen Klopp showed that he knew his opponent and himself quite well, and was quite skillful when directing his students to penetrate deep into Everton's right wing, where young talent Pennington was still quite inexperienced. The home team's plan quickly brought about results. When the ball had only been rolling for 8 minutes, Mane had a strong solo and then finished with a dangerous diagonal shot to open the score, while defender Pennington was still confused.

All Everton got was Pennington's redemption goal in the 30th minute. Their joy seemed to be extinguished immediately. In the 32nd minute, Coutinho followed Mane's instructions and continued to make Pennington look like a clown before making a skillful cut into the far corner, creating a masterpiece, raising the score to 2-1 for the home team.

Coutinho became the brightest star of the match

Things seemed to be in danger for the home team when Mane suffered a serious injury and had to leave the field, after a collision with Baines. Coach Juergen Klopp and the home fans have reason to worry as Mane is the irreplaceable "winning card" of Liverpool this season.

However, everyone breathed a sigh of relief with the story of “tải ông thất mã” (In misfortune there is luck). That’s right, right after entering the field as a “substitute” for Mane, Origi left his mark with a decisive finish from outside the penalty area, after an assist from Coutinho, to raise the score to 3-1 for Liverpool in the 60th minute.

In the following minutes, Everton played in a state of resignation. Even when Koeman made personnel changes, he still could not escape the situation of "powerless" and had to accept leaving Anfield empty-handed once again without holding on to any honor.

Liverpool deserved victory but the joy was not complete when Mane suffered a serious injury

With this victory, coach Juergen Klopp continues to be the "King" of the Merseyside derby. Coutinho became the brightest star of the match with 1 goal and 1 assist. The 3 points earned helped Liverpool continue to stay in the TOP 4. It can be said that the joy has doubled for the "Red Brigade". However, that joy was not complete when Mane's injury made Liverpool think of the humiliating days when the Senegalese player returned to attend CAN 2017.

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